In 1895, anatomy officially recognized a pudendal region in both men and women. But 60 years later, only the “pudendum femininum” — the female shame part — was still listed.

Because, astonishingly, “pudendum” is from the Latin word pudere, meaning “to be ashamed”. Anatomists designated this most intimate part of a woman’s body as her most shameful.

It grew worse. When her teacher handed her a copy of the Terminologia Anatomica, the international dictionary of anatomical terms, she learned that the Latin term for the vulva — including the inner ...

David E Kelleyâ?Ts new thriller, The Undoing (from Monday 26 October, 9pm), has been billed as Big Little Lies goes to New York. But such a description hardly does it justice. Did that series come ...